Today’s article is going to be on a program that I use to write all my blog posts. When I first started blogging I was using Microsoft Word to write my articles. Microsoft Word is a good product but I have been using one that has taken its place. The program is called Windows Live Writer. Windows Live Writer is easy to setup and best of all is free to use.
Windows Live Writer is a little program that is used to do multiple things with your blog. When Windows Live Writer is setup, it will look exactly like your blog page and it’s easy to see how your post will look when someone is reading it. It is also easy to add pictures, video, and keywords. Windows Live Writer also has the ability to check for grammar and spelling errors, and the ability to check the word count of the article. Here are the features of the program
- New border treatments (including Instant Photo)
- Crop and tilt photos
- Insert multiple photos
- Toolbar alignment commands enabled for images
- Insert and upload Windows Live photo albums
- Insert and publish video to YouTube
- Additional spell checking languages: Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, English (Australia), Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish, and Ukrainian
- Server-side tagging (for supported blogs)
- Type-down filtering in the Open dialog
- Twitter, Digg and Flickr Plug-ins
- Improved blog account setup
- Lightbox and Windows Live Spaces inline preview support
- Improved category control: adding categories, type-down filtering
- Tabbed view switching
- AutoLink glossary
- Smart quotes/typographic characters
- Word count
- Support for bidirectional languages (like Hebrew and Arabic)
- Tabs for view switching
- Updated look and feel
Windows Live Writer also has a ton of plug-ins that will help Live Writer be more efficient for you. I have been using Windows Live Writer for a few weeks now and have found it to be very useful when I want to publish a blog post. I am still in the process of downloading plug-ins that will fit my needs. This is a very good free program that I will definitely be using on a regular basis. If you are a dedicated blogger and likes to be able to publish posts quickly, then this is the program for you. Windows Live Writer can be downloaded from HERE.
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This is a good article since I have been using the old editor in blogger when writing posts. I don’t change the software I’m using since no one ever noticed anyways.
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Where can i download it ? I really want to try.
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@Dana,
Here is the link for Windows Live Writer http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/
I will also be adding the link to the post.
@Nathan,
The editor in WordPress and Blogger are not bad. I really like Windows Live Writer because of the ability to customize it. When I went to check out the plug-ins there were a bunch that I could see. There are also user ratings of the plug-ins as well.
Thankyou for writing about Live Writer.
I havent downloaded it yet though it is present for download.
I was not sure whether it is FREE or not.
Now I am sure. Thanks for writing.
Keep writing great articles about Technology.
Easy simple english is always good to understand a product.
Thankyou !
@HOBO,
No problem. I am glad that you found this article to be helpful. Feel free to come back anytime if you have questions.
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